Secrets of history 2024, April
This question was asked by the ancient Greeks. Even then, the stories about these warlike women were overgrown with numerous "author's additions", acquiring either heroically attractive or frankly repulsive features
The disappearance of the Amazons In the legends of Greek antiquity, which have come down to us thanks to Homer and Herodotus, it is told about a tribe of Amazon women warriors who once lived on the shores of the Black Sea, "in the wilds of distant Scythia."
The image of the Amazons - women warriors, who in the art of wielding weapons will give odds to any warrior, worried men for more than a thousand years. Who has not been seen under this myth: the maenads of Dionysus, Scythian warriors and even the Indian women of South America
A unique phenomenon in world history - representatives of the people of the von kingdom of Dahomey The Amazons were often written about - ancient, medieval and modern authors, legends were composed about them, poems were composed, myths spread
The legends of female warriors are some of the oldest legends in the ancient world. Reflections of these legends, initially in Greek and then in Roman literature in the form of stories or brief mentions, are extremely numerous and varied
In the fall of 1861, the Spanish missionary Francesco Borgero was kindly invited by the King of Dahomey Gléle to a military parade
Leonardo da Vinci is the greatest figure of the Renaissance. But few people know that the painter also had the gift of a predictor. Who really was Leonardo da Vinci - a guest from the future or an ordinary genius? What prophecies did he encrypt in his paintings?
Most of us think robots and artificial intelligence are modern inventions. However, there are facts proving that people dreamed about it thousands of years ago
Wrote the most expensive book in the history of Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, an Italian painter, architect, sculptor and scientist. While in Milan, he worked for 4 years on a book, which he called "A Treatise on Water, Earth and Celestial Affairs
La Gioconda has eastern cheekbones. They are not really typical of Italian women
Leonardo da Vinci is considered one of the most prominent representatives of the Renaissance. This "universal man" was far ahead of his time with his ingenious creativity, discoveries, and research. The master left behind many unsolved mysteries, including the place of his burial
Scientists from the University of California, Irvine have created a 3D model of Leonardo da Vinci's "Savior of the World" painting and revealed the secret of the transparent ball in the hand of Christ, symbolizing the universe, according to MIT Technology Review
It is amazing how much the famous Leonardo da Vinci loved various secrets and hidden messages. In his works, he often hid mysterious symbols and images that cannot be detected at first glance. There are quite a few amateurs and researchers of his work who have been looking for clues to the knowledge that da Vinci possessed for centuries
History knows many examples when the works of scientists are hundreds or even thousands of years ahead of their time. In medieval works, there are descriptions of jet planes and time travel. So, for example, there is a mention of a certain machine of the future, which was designed by Nostradamus
The world of painting always carries many secrets. The paintings tell several stories at once and shed light on dark times. The study of the Ghent Altarpiece, namely the fragment with the "Lamb of God", showed that in 1432 it looked completely different, and this is not the strangest thing
On March 1, 1445, the Florentine painter of the early Renaissance period Alessandro Filipepi, better known as Sandro Botticelli, was born.Born into the family of a wealthy city dweller, leather tanner, Sandro Botticelli received a good education
The painting of the outstanding Russian artist Ilya Efimovich Repin "Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan on November 16, 1581", better known as "Ivan the Terrible kills his son" has a difficult and interesting fate. The psychological power emanating from the canvas makes a strong impression … It is no coincidence that especially sensitive people often, literally, fall into a stupor when looking at this canvas. M
Ilya Repin is a famous Russian realist painter. He was born in 1844 in the city of Chuguev, Kharkov region (Ukraine). At the age of 11, his parents assigned him to study at the school of topographers. But after two years it was closed, the boy moved to the icon-painting workshop
Roerich was not only a great artist and thinker. He was also a great man, a humanist in the truest sense of the word. Everyone who was fortunate enough to meet him personally at least once spoke about how unusual, amazing, and memorable for a lifetime impression the outstanding Russian educator made on people
For a long time, scientists and artists have been discussing the question of how artists in the Renaissance suddenly began to succeed in incredibly realistic paintings. One of the possible explanations is the use of the latest optical devices for that time
Simon Abrahams, an art critic from New York, conducted a computer study of several hundred portraits of famous people and came to the conclusion that they often bear a great resemblance to the self-portraits of the artists who wrote them.Portraits of famous people do not always reflect the actual appearance of the models
Russian historian, political scientist, sociologist and publicist Andrei Ilyich Fursov in the studio of the social and political channel "Day-TV" talks about the most influential statesman in the West Zbigniew Brzezinski.Hello! Today we will talk about the big “friend” (of course, in quotes) of Russia, the American-Polish-Jewish analyst Zbigniew Brzezinski. Las
The historical significance of the October Revolution (until 1927, even the Bolsheviks called it a coup) can hardly be underestimated; it laid the foundation for the "red project" that made it possible to implement a completely different model of social structure and build a society of social justice
This mask was inherited in one Scottish clan as a sacred relic until the 19th century. However, in 1840, when the family that guarded it tragically ended (there was even talk of the curse of the mask), the artifact turned out to be the property of the University of Edinburgh
Independent researcher Zhumabek SADYKOV suggests that he discovered the grave of Alexander the Great. If his version turns out to be correct, this will be a reason to rewrite history textbooks.The secret of the burial of the great commander, over which scientists from all over the world and history lovers are fighting, according to the young man, was solved by him … thanks to the Internet, which opened access to gigabytes of information. A
In the spring of 334 BC, the troops of the Western coalition, led by the most powerful power of those times - Macedonia, landed on the coast of Asia Minor in order to "take revenge on the Persian Empire for desecrating the Athenian shrines" and to bring the values of Greek democracy to the peoples of the East. Who
Earlier we wrote that the independent researcher Zhumabek Sadykov found the burial place of Alexander the Great.The essence of this, paradoxical at first glance, historical discovery is that Zhumabek discovered Alexander the Great among the mummies already found in Egypt
In 1964, sensational news spread around the world: in northern Afghanistan, on the very border with Tajikistan, at the confluence of the Pyanja and Kokchi rivers, French archaeologists led by Professor of the University of Strasbourg Daniel Schlumberger discovered … an ancient Greek city!W
As a twenty-year-old youth, a disciple of Aristotle, he, by the will of fate, becomes the sovereign king of Macedonia. Immediately he conquered all the Greek city-states, declared himself the son of the Hellenic gods, and at 22 went to war with the Persians, landing at the ruins of Homeric Troy
On June 10, 323 BC, at about five o'clock in the afternoon, Alexander the Great died in Babylon. He was 32 years old. He was returning from a victorious campaign to Asia that had lasted more than 10 years. The king of Macedonia created his empire on the conquered lands in the east
Scientists have been able to determine who deliberately spread this rumor over 2000 years old
If the Kalash were a huge and numerous diaspora with a separate territory and statehood, then their existence would hardly surprise anyone, but today there are several thousand Kalash survivors - the smallest and most mysterious ethnic group in the Asian region
The Middle Ages gave Europe a huge amount of dangerous and harmful superstitions. Moreover, their creators and distributors were the most authoritative categories: doctors and Catholic priests, since they received at least some education
Archaeologists from the University of Oxford spoke about the extremely high level of violence in the major cities of medieval Europe. Scientists have discovered injuries on turtles found in English cemeteries and dated from 1050-1550 AD
It would seem that the plague, like everything connected with it, remained in the distant past. But even now, the mere mention of her shudders.In terms of the number of victims, no war can compare with it.- Salik.bizIn the 14th century, in order to take Kafa, Khan Janibek ordered people who had died from the plague to be thrown through the walls into the city
When people talk about medieval Europe, pictures of gloomy, dirty streets of cities, massively lousy people, knights who have not been washed for years, and "lovely" ladies with rotten teeth are always presented. Popular culture gave rise to a huge number of myths regarding hygiene in medieval Europe
An unusual phenomenon that took place during the Middle Ages has not yet found a clear and reasonable explanation. This is a dance plague that raged in Europe from the 14th to the 18th century
The image of the Middle Ages with total piety, pious monks and noble knights in castles, writing sonnets to their beautiful ladies, took shape in the early Renaissance and, in a sense, is still present. But behind a beautiful image is always a less attractive truth
The coronavirus pandemic has caused a huge number of people to experience a unique experience of self-isolation. Someone goes through it easily, but for someone such a test seems very difficult. I would like to remember that at all times in different countries there were Companions for whom seclusion was a way of serving their faith and all people
When exactly the bathroom appeared, it is difficult to establish. There is a myth that the first bathrooms were still with primitive people. After hunting for a mammoth, a tired man lay down to rest on the shore and fell asleep. When the tide began, water flowed into the formed hole and heated up